It was announced that mangaka Jiro Taniguchi died today at the age of 69. The funeral will only be held among his family.
Born in Tottori, Taniguchi debuted with Kareta Heya under Shounen Gahousha's monthly Young Comic magazine. He was popular for publishing Kodoku no Gourmet, which was made into numerous live action TV series and TV specials. He won the 1998 Osamu Tezuka Culture Award by illustrating the trilogy Bocchan no Jidai, which was written by Natsuo Sekikawa. He also won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1992 with short story collection titled Inu wo Kau. In 2002 and 2005, he also received an award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
Source: Mainichi Shinbun
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